Previewer v4.1 greatly improves the look of the Previewer field in the Form Editor and Block Editor and adds support for the new AJAX form submission process introduced in Gravity Forms 2.9.
Ironically, the Previewer field has never shown a preview of the PDF viewer in the Form Editor – form builders only ever saw a placeholder. Thankfully that’s all changes in v4.1, and you’ll get a much clearer picture of how the PDF Preview will be rendered on the front-end with your chosen settings. This applies to both the Form Editor and Block Editor.
To keep your admin experience performant, we don’t load the full PDF viewer library or render a real PDF. So in a sense this is still a placeholder, but at least it’s a useful one that better represents what your end users will see when they fill out the form.
Along with the improved back-end viewing experience, we’ve added support for the new AJAX submission process Gravity Forms quietly added in v2.9. As far as we know, you can’t actually enable the new AJAX feature anywhere in your admin area yet, but when you can we’re ready to go. 👍
For a detailed list of all the changes included in this update, please refer to the full changelog below.
How to Update the Previewer Add-on
If you’ve an active license key for Previewer, this update is available via WordPress One-Click Updates. Alternatively, you can also download the plugin from your GravityPDF.com account and install it manually from your WordPress admin area
If you have any questions or need assistance, please reach out to our friendly support team.
Changelog
New Features
- Display PDF Previewer field example in the Form Editor and Block Editor
- Add support for the new AJAX submission process in Gravity Forms 2.9+
- Improve activation error messages when Gravity PDF isn’t installed or the correct version
Housekeeping
- Only disable the PDF password when the ‘download’ feature is enabled on a PDF Previewer field
- Improve PDF viewer performance
- Upgrade PDF.js to v4.6.82
Bugs Fixed
- Ignore browser preference when PDF Previewer field theme setting is not set to “auto”
- Page number toolbar text can be translated
- Fix PHP notice if RTL PDF setting is not defined
